TumbleBooks TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of TumbleBooks – animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.
Kidthing Download the software and play online games and audio books online.
Virtual Thesaurus Gives a graphic depiction or word meanings. You can sign up for a word of the day to be e-mailed to you.
Kerpoof Great for story starters and creating storys
Build Your Wild Self This is a wonderful tool for creating story starters in your classroom.
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Science & Social Studies
Frappr Create online interactive maps for your blog
http://tikatok.com/ Where Kids Write, Illustrate, and Publish Their Own Books
Ning Create your own social network in your school. This is a great way for teachers to share and collaborate information.
Staci's Fourth grade ning: http://fourthgraderules.ning.com/
More Middle / High School Stuff Here There are hundreds of more resources designed for students this age. Follow this link for a list of other resources available to students that can make their learning experiences enjoyable and exciting!
Web 2.0: Cooltoolsforschools Wiki:
This is an extensive list of web 2.0 tools for teachers to use in the classroom. It is neatly linked to different areas.
http://cooltech.primarypad.com/1
Language arts
Big Universe
Digital Literacy Tools
TumbleBooks TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of TumbleBooks – animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.
Kidthing Download the software and play online games and audio books online.
Virtual Thesaurus Gives a graphic depiction or word meanings. You can sign up for a word of the day to be e-mailed to you.
Kerpoof Great for story starters and creating storys
Build Your Wild Self This is a wonderful tool for creating story starters in your classroom.
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Science & Social Studies
Frappr Create online interactive maps for your blog
NeoK12 Math and Science streaming videos
Math
Zefty Teach your students how to have a virtual bank account.
All Subjects
Tutpup Students compete in math
Glogster Create online posters with video, music, audio, pictures and more.....
issuu.com Online presentation that are embeddable.
Tuxpaint Free download for a painting program for elementary students
Primary Pad Create online discussions in real time.
http://cooltech.primarypad.com/1
For Teachers
Voicethread
http://tikatok.com/ Where Kids Write, Illustrate, and Publish Their Own Books
Ning Create your own social network in your school. This is a great way for teachers to share and collaborate information.
Staci's Fourth grade ning: http://fourthgraderules.ning.com/
LMS for the classroom
EDU2.0 Put your classes online
Edmodo Micro-blog that allows you to set up classes, assignments etc..
Airset: (free) allows you to create wikis & blog within this site.
Oddcast Create your online persona and watch it come alive.Picnik Great Photo editor
Glogster Create online posters with video, music, audio, pictures and more.....
Etherpad
Animoto
Animoto for Education
Delicous As you find great links to websites, create a network with your school or grade level and share resources.
Diigo Another social bookmarking website. This one allows you to create student accounts
Skype Skype in School
Virtual Video map This is a map of the world with youtube videos attached to show different regions of the world.
Aviary The coolest online image and sound editor. It's free and onlinePrezi A neat new way to make presentations.
xtranormal.com Create a movie online
Mind Mapping
Webspiration This is the web version of the Inspiration software
GoAnimate.com: Obama press conference by lillybug
Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!Created in GoAnimate
Comprehensive List
More Middle / High School Stuff Here There are hundreds of more resources designed for students this age. Follow this link for a list of other resources available to students that can make their learning experiences enjoyable and exciting!
English/Literature
Shakespeare Online Everything ShakespearePodcasts of Poetry Great resource when teaching poetry
Across the Curriculum
Online Newspapers Current issues of newspapers from all over the worldwww.dipity.com Create online time-lines which you can embed
WritingFix You will find prompts, lessons, and resources that were created and shared--and then posted here--during workshops and in-service classes.
www.zotero.com Designed to help collect, manage, and cite research sources
JIng Add visuals to conversation to show people exactly what you're talking about
Voicedthread
Voicethread exampleEducational voicethread
100 ways to use voicethread in education
DARFUR Example in Voicethread
Math
National Library of Math Manipulatives
Wolfram
Interactive Geometry"The Eyeballing Game"
Science
Flash Physics